Welcome To Our School

A warm welcome to our school where we are always busy learning and having fun. Please use the pages of our website to look around the school and see what work we have been doing and what projects and events we have been involved with.

The staff and pupils would like to share some of their exciting projects that they have been working on in class and after school.

If you have enjoyed visiting our web site then please feel free to visit the school. This is an excellent opportunity to see the children in a learning environment and to ask any questions.

Mr Maksymiw's news w/c 25th September

Dear Parents,

We are having a new system installed at school to allow visitors and staff access to the building. It is an electronic system that will also be used to register children who arrive late. We have chosen this electronic access arrangement to ensure we know exactly who is on site in case of an emergency such as the fire drill. The main system is going to be installed in the school’s reception, so please be aware there could be some disruption today and Tuesday.

Could I ask you to look at the form below. Please use it to let us know if there are any changes to the way your child’s photograph is used in school. Please look at the options and let us know about any changes. Thank you.

Mr Maksymiw's news w/c 18th September

Dear Parents,

Our first job at school is to make sure your childis safe whilst s/he is with us. There are very obvious precautions we take such as locking the gates that open onto Laurel Road during the school day or making sure that we have up to date information should we need to contact you in an emergency (please let us know about a change of address, change of work, home or mobile number). There are also other things we do that might be less obvious. For instance, all staff received updated information about safeguarding at one of the INSET Days before the children started back this year. Another example of how we keep your child safe is happening this week when we have a fire alarm test. We always tell the children about the first one of the year and we go through which way to leave the building and where we should meet. The other tests are not announced but, because the children have been trained about what to do when their hear the fire alarm, they can evacuate the building sensibly and quickly.

Mr Maksymiw's news w/c 11th September

Dear Parents,

Some children have been on a school trip already. It is a great opportunity for children to get excited and enthused about a topic. We want to take children out of school to visit museums, historical sites or special events. Unfortunately, these trips are becoming more and more expensive. We try, where every possible, to keep the cost down to £10 but it is becoming increasingly difficult to do this when you take into account coach costs and entry costs to the places the children visit.

I would like to get your opinions about this problem. Later on in the term, during parents evening, I will be asking you to complete a questionnaire about school trips. I want to know whether you would be willing to pay more than £10 per trip or whether you think we should restrict the trips the children go on. I know that some schools ask for a donation of something like £25 at the beginning of the year with a guarantee that school will not ask for any more money. Is that something you think might work at our school? Please complete the questionnaire when you get it or if you have any ideas now, email your thoughts.